RN Clinical Educator - Specialty Hospital

Tour of the Specialty Hospital!!

• Must have recent ICU experience

To learn more text "RN - Good Shepherd" to 484-894-1659

The Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital has been helping patients recover from complex medical conditions and injuries since 2000. The first long-term acute-care hospital (LTACH) in the region, we help patients who are too medically fragile to transfer to a skilled nursing facility, acute rehabilitation hospital or their home after a hospital stay. In addition to general rehabilitation, our team is renowned for their expertise in ventilator weaning and respiratory care.

• Job summary
  • To ensure that clinical staff has the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high quality, competent, and safe care to residents.
• Essential functions
  • Assures learning needs of clinical associates
    • Develops in-service programs in response to clinical needs and teaches staff according to current accepted standards care/practice as well as Good Shepherd policy.
    • Evaluates educational programs on content, technique, and instructional material
    • Develops and implements orientation plan for new associates providing on the job supervised education as well as classroom instruction appropriate to assessed competency
    • Coordinates the completion of mandatory in-service education according to state and federal regulation as well as Good Shepherd policy
    • Plans, develops, and conducts orientation, preceptor and mentoring programs for employees
    • Supervises the maintenance of in-service educational records
    • Maintains a system to monitor compliance with attendance and competency achievement for associates which includes feedback to both staff and department heads
    • Collaborates with clinical management teams to identify specific clinical education needs
    • Participates in developing Best Practice Standards to assure patient safety and quality of care
    • Works collaboratively to develop and implement QAPI programs
    • Contributes to the development and revision of policies and procedures
    • Oversees educational and documentation programs and software
    • Develops and implements learning needs assessments to prioritize education offerings
  • Serves as advanced practice nursing role model / ensures nursing operation
    • Participates as an active member of the Nursing Management Team
    • Completes rounding on nursing units in and effort to review clinical skills and monitor care delivery
    • Participates in setting Best Practice standards to assure quality of care
    • Maintains all aspects of HIPAA requirements
    • Acts as a preceptor for new and current associates and students
  • Maintains professional / technical knowledge
    • Reviews new educational and documentation programs and software
    • Creates and develops course offerings unique to the Good Shepherd patient/resident population
    • Shares knowledge and skills with staff regarding best practice
    • Attends educational workshops, reviews professional publications, establishes personal networks, and participates in professional societies.
  • Complies with hospital and legal requirements
    • Supports clinical practices that adhere to the organization’s philosophy, goal, standards of care, and required governing regulations
    • Contributes to the development and/or revision of policy that supports evidence-based practice, federal regulations as well as standards of care.
  • Contributes to team effort
    • Promotes Good Shepherd by promoting the positive reputation of Good Shepherd.
    • Responds to change in a consistent and positive manner.
• Qualifications
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
    • Education
      • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required
      • Master's Degree preferred
    • Work Experience
      • 2-4 years of demonstrated clinical and teaching experience preferred
    • Licenses / Certifications
      • Registered Nurse license required
      • Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required
      • ACLS certification required
      • Advanced nursing certification or completion within 2 years required
      • CPR Trainer certification required